emp.sty and metapost
All, Not strictly a context question, but it has to do with Metapost, so maybe someone can help. I have a file of macros called qdftools.mp: numeric s; s=0.2; color gridlines; gridlines:=(s,s,s); def openbluedot(expr pos)= fill fullcircle scaled 4pt withcolor white; draw fullcircle scaed 4pt withcolor blue; enddef; def openreddot(expr pos)= fill fullcircle scaled 4pt withcolor white; draw fullcircle scaed 4pt withcolor red; enddef; def filledreddot(expr pos)= fill fullcircle scaled 4pt withcolor red; draw fullcircle scaed 4pt withcolor red; enddef; def filledbluedot(expr pos)= fill fullcircle scaled 4pt withcolor blue; draw fullcircle scaed 4pt withcolor blue; enddef; def vtick(expr pos)= draw ((0,-3)--(0,3)) shifted pos; enddef; def htick(expr pos)= draw ((-3,0)--(3,0)) shifted pos; enddef; def gridfivefive = for k=-5u step 1u until 5u: draw (-5u,k)--(5u,k) withcolor gridlines; draw (k,-5u)--(k,5u) withcolor gridlines; endfor; enddef; def xyaxesfivefive= drawdblarrow (-5u,0)--(5u,0); label.rt(btex $x$ etex, (5u,0)); label.bot(btex $5$ etex, (5u,0)); drawdblarrow (0,-5u)--(0,5u); label.top(btex $y$ etex, (0,5u)); label.lft(btex $5$ etex, (0,5u)); enddef; endinput; In the same directory as qdftools.mp, I have a file useemp.tex. Note that I am using the emp package. \documentclass{article} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{emp,ifpdf} \ifpdf \DeclareGraphicsRule{*}{mps}{*}{} \fi \setlength{\unitlength}{1cm} \begin{document} Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country. \empprelude{input qdftools} \begin{empfile} \begin{empdef}[david](4,4) numeric u; 10u=3in; gridfivefive; xyaxesfivefive; \end{empdef} \end{empfile} \immediate\write18{mpost \jobname} \empuse{david} Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country. \end{document} Now, here is what I fail to understand. If I compile useemp.tex with: pdflatex --shell-escape useemp Then all is well. I get a nice pdf file. However, if I change one line in the file useemp.tex, namely \immediate\write18{mpost \jobname} to: \immediate\write18{mpost -tex=latex \jobname} Then if I remove the file qdftools.mpx and compile useemp.tex with: pdflatex --shell-escape useemp Then I get: loading : Context Support Macros / PDF (2004.03.26) )This is MetaPost, Version 0.901 (Web2C 7.5.5) (useemp.mp (qdftools.mpnewer: target file `qdftools.mpx' doesn't exist. /usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/makempx: Command failed: latex mpxerr.tex; see mpxerr.log
qdftools.mp qdftools.mpx ! Unable to make mpx file. l.41 label.rt(btex $x$ etex, (5u,0)); Transcript written on useemp.log.
Can anyone tell how to work around this problem? I know Context has much better support for labels, but I need to write this in Latex for our online testing system. http://scinux.redwoods.edu/cgi-bin/ online_s06/testing.cgi/
On Tue, 27 Jun 2006, David Arnold wrote:
All,
Not strictly a context question, but it has to do with Metapost, so maybe someone can help.
I have a file of macros called qdftools.mp:
numeric s; s=0.2; color gridlines; gridlines:=(s,s,s);
def openbluedot(expr pos)= fill fullcircle scaled 4pt withcolor white; draw fullcircle scaed 4pt withcolor blue; enddef;
def openreddot(expr pos)= fill fullcircle scaled 4pt withcolor white; draw fullcircle scaed 4pt withcolor red; enddef;
def filledreddot(expr pos)= fill fullcircle scaled 4pt withcolor red; draw fullcircle scaed 4pt withcolor red; enddef;
def filledbluedot(expr pos)= fill fullcircle scaled 4pt withcolor blue; draw fullcircle scaed 4pt withcolor blue; enddef;
def vtick(expr pos)= draw ((0,-3)--(0,3)) shifted pos; enddef;
def htick(expr pos)= draw ((-3,0)--(3,0)) shifted pos; enddef;
def gridfivefive = for k=-5u step 1u until 5u: draw (-5u,k)--(5u,k) withcolor gridlines; draw (k,-5u)--(k,5u) withcolor gridlines; endfor; enddef;
def xyaxesfivefive= drawdblarrow (-5u,0)--(5u,0); label.rt(btex $x$ etex, (5u,0)); label.bot(btex $5$ etex, (5u,0)); drawdblarrow (0,-5u)--(0,5u); label.top(btex $y$ etex, (0,5u)); label.lft(btex $5$ etex, (0,5u)); enddef;
endinput;
In the same directory as qdftools.mp, I have a file useemp.tex. Note that I am using the emp package.
\documentclass{article} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{emp,ifpdf}
\ifpdf \DeclareGraphicsRule{*}{mps}{*}{} \fi
\setlength{\unitlength}{1cm}
\begin{document}
Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.
\empprelude{input qdftools}
\begin{empfile} \begin{empdef}[david](4,4) numeric u; 10u=3in; gridfivefive; xyaxesfivefive; \end{empdef} \end{empfile}
\immediate\write18{mpost \jobname}
\empuse{david}
Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country.
\end{document}
Now, here is what I fail to understand. If I compile useemp.tex with:
pdflatex --shell-escape useemp
Then all is well. I get a nice pdf file.
However, if I change one line in the file useemp.tex, namely
\immediate\write18{mpost \jobname}
to:
\immediate\write18{mpost -tex=latex \jobname}
Then if I remove the file qdftools.mpx and compile useemp.tex with:
pdflatex --shell-escape useemp
Then I get:
loading : Context Support Macros / PDF (2004.03.26) )This is MetaPost, Version 0.901 (Web2C 7.5.5) (useemp.mp (qdftools.mpnewer: target file `qdftools.mpx' doesn't exist. /usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/makempx: Command failed: latex mpxerr.tex; see mpxerr.log
qdftools.mp qdftools.mpx ! Unable to make mpx file. l.41 label.rt(btex $x$ etex, (5u,0)); Transcript written on useemp.log.
Can anyone tell how to work around this problem? I know Context has much better support for labels, but I need to write this in Latex for our online testing system. http://scinux.redwoods.edu/cgi-bin/ online_s06/testing.cgi/
I have faced this problem in the past, but was never sure why it occured or how to rectify it. Try the command mpost --tex=latex useemp.mp on your shell. Do you get the same error message as before (you should). Now try, makempx --tex=latex useemp.mp useemp.mpx Does this create an mpx file? If it does, then atleast a workaround for the problem is to have \immediate\write18{makempx --tex=latex \jobname.mp \jobname.mpx} before \immediate\write18{mpost --tex=latex \jobname}. If makempx fails, look at the output of makempx --verbose --tex=latex useemp.mp useemp.mpx What do you get? Aditya
Aditya,
I have faced this problem in the past, but was never sure why it occured or how to rectify it. Try the command
mpost --tex=latex useemp.mp
on your shell. Do you get the same error message as before (you should).
Yes, same error message. qdf $ mpost --tex=latex useemp.mp This is MetaPost, Version 0.901 (Web2C 7.5.5) (useemp.mp (qdftools.mpnewer: target file `qdftools.mpx' doesn't exist. /usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/makempx: Command failed: latex mpxerr.tex; see mpxerr.log
qdftools.mp qdftools.mpx ! Unable to make mpx file. l.41 label.rt(btex $x$ etex, (5u,0)); Transcript written on useemp.log.
Now try,
makempx --tex=latex useemp.mp useemp.mpx
Does this create an mpx file?
qdf $ ls OTqdbpreview.sty dev.qdf sample2.qdf dev.1 dev.tex useemp.mp dev.mp functions.qdf useemp.pdf dev.pdf qdftools.mp useemp.tex qdf $ qdf $ makempx --tex=latex useemp.mp useemp.mpx newer: target file `useemp.mpx' doesn't exist. dvitomp: mpx14741.dvi: No such file or directory mv: rename mpx14741.dvi to mpxerr.dvi: No such file or directory /usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/makempx: Command failed: dvitomp mpxerr.dvi useemp.mpx qdf $ ls OTqdbpreview.sty functions.qdf sample2.qdf dev.1 mpx14741.aux useemp.mp dev.mp mpx14741.log useemp.pdf dev.pdf mpx14741.tex useemp.tex dev.qdf mpxerr.log dev.tex qdftools.mp Doesn't look like it.
If it does, then atleast a workaround for the problem is to have
\immediate\write18{makempx --tex=latex \jobname.mp \jobname.mpx} before \immediate\write18{mpost --tex=latex \jobname}.
If makempx fails, look at the output of
makempx --verbose --tex=latex useemp.mp useemp.mpx
What do you get?
qdf $ makempx --verbose --tex=latex useemp.mp useemp.mpx /usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/makempx: Invalid option: --verbose. Try `makempx --help' for more information. qdf $ makempx --help Usage: /usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/makempx [- tex|-tex=<program>|-troff] MPFILE MPXFILE. If MPXFILE is older than MPFILE, translate the labels from the MetaPost input file MPFIle to low-level commands in MPXFILE, by running mpto -tex, , and dvitomp by default; or, if -troff is specified, mpto -troff, eqn -Tps -d\$\$ | troff -Tps, and dmp. The current directory is used for writing temporary files. Errors are left in mpxerr.{tex,log,dvi}. If the file named in $MPTEXPRE (mptexpre.tex by default) exists, it is prepended to the output in tex mode. Email bug reports to metapost@tug.org.
Taco Hoekwater wrote:
David Arnold wrote:
makempx --tex=latex useemp.mp useemp.mpx
Does this create an mpx file?
What happens if you run the bare command 'latex' on a simple test file?
there's also mptopdf useemp.mp or (more clever): texexec --mpgraphic useemp.mp (latest version) Hans
Hans, On Jun 28, 2006, at 12:17 AM, Hans Hagen wrote:
Taco Hoekwater wrote:
David Arnold wrote:
makempx --tex=latex useemp.mp useemp.mpx
Does this create an mpx file?
What happens if you run the bare command 'latex' on a simple test file?
there's also
mptopdf useemp.mp
qdf $ mptopdf useemp.mp MPtoPDF 1.3.2 : running 'texexec --mptex ' TeXExec 5.4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005 metapost : useemp format : metafun This is MetaPost, Version 0.901 (Web2C 7.5.5) (/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/web2c/natural.tcx) (useemp.mp (qdftools.mp
qdftools.mp qdftools.mpx ! Unable to make mpx file. l.41 label.rt(btex $x$ etex, (5u,0)); Transcript written on useemp.log. error in metapost run : useemp.mp:41
total run time : 0 seconds warning : use 'texmfstart texexec' instead MPtoPDF 1.3.2 : error while processing mp file
or (more clever):
texexec --mpgraphic useemp.mp
(latest version)
qdf $ texexec --mpgraphics useemp.mp
TeXExec 5.4.3 - ConTeXt / PRAGMA ADE 1997-2005
fixing engine variable : pdfetex
executable : pdfetex
format : cont-en
inputfile : useemp
output : standard
interface : en
current mode : none
TeX run : 1
This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.30.4-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.5)
(/usr/local/teTeX/share/texmf.local/web2c/natural.tcx)
entering extended mode
(./useemp.mp
ConTeXt ver: 2006.06.23 20:39 fmt: 2006.6.27 int: english mes:
english
language : language en is active
texnansi:tex nansi->3->2:3 de->ec:ec->4->2:3 fr->texnansi:texnansi->5->2:3 fr- ec:ec->6->2:3 es->ec:ec->7->2:3 pt->texnansi:texnansi->8->2:3 pt->ec:ec->9->2:3 it- texnansi :texnansi->10->2:3 it->ec:ec->11->2:3 nl->texnansi:texnansi->12->2:3 nl->ec:ec- 13->2:3 cz->il2:il2->14->2:3 cz->ec:ec->15->2:3 sk->il2:il2->16- 2:3 sk->ec:ec ->17->2:3 pl->pl0:pl0->18->2:3 pl->ec:ec->19->2:3 pl->qx:qx->20->2:3 loaded specials : tex,postscript,rokicki loaded system : useemp.top loaded (./useemp.top) systems : system commands are disabled ! Undefined control sequence. l.3 \documentclass [10pt]{article} ?
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Taco, Not sure what you mean here, so I ran: latex useemp.tex And got: No file useemp.aux. emp: File useemp.1 not found: emp: Process useemp.mp with MetaPost and then reprocess this file. [1] (./useemp.aux) ) Output written on useemp.dvi (1 page, 400 bytes). Transcript written on useemp.log. On Jun 28, 2006, at 12:07 AM, Taco Hoekwater wrote:
David Arnold wrote:
makempx --tex=latex useemp.mp useemp.mpx
Does this create an mpx file?
What happens if you run the bare command 'latex' on a simple test file?
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OK. Clean directory. qdf $ ls OTqdbpreview.sty dev.qdf sample2.qdf dev.1 dev.tex useemp.mp dev.mp functions.qdf useemp.pdf dev.pdf qdftools.mp useemp.tex qdf $ useemp.tex: \documentclass{article} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{emp,ifpdf} \ifpdf \DeclareGraphicsRule{*}{mps}{*}{} \fi \setlength{\unitlength}{1cm} \begin{document} Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country. \empprelude{input qdftools} \begin{empfile} \begin{empdef}[david](4,4) numeric u; 10u=3in; gridfivefive; xyaxesfivefive; \end{empdef} \end{empfile} \immediate\write18{mpost -tex=latex \jobname} \empuse{david} Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country. \end{document} qdftools.mp: numeric s; s=0.2; color gridlines; gridlines:=(s,s,s); def openbluedot(expr pos)= fill fullcircle scaled 4pt withcolor white; draw fullcircle scaed 4pt withcolor blue; enddef; def openreddot(expr pos)= fill fullcircle scaled 4pt withcolor white; draw fullcircle scaed 4pt withcolor red; enddef; def filledreddot(expr pos)= fill fullcircle scaled 4pt withcolor red; draw fullcircle scaed 4pt withcolor red; enddef; def filledbluedot(expr pos)= fill fullcircle scaled 4pt withcolor blue; draw fullcircle scaed 4pt withcolor blue; enddef; def vtick(expr pos)= draw ((0,-3)--(0,3)) shifted pos; enddef; def htick(expr pos)= draw ((-3,0)--(3,0)) shifted pos; enddef; def gridfivefive = for k=-5u step 1u until 5u: draw (-5u,k)--(5u,k) withcolor gridlines; draw (k,-5u)--(k,5u) withcolor gridlines; endfor; enddef; def xyaxesfivefive= drawdblarrow (-5u,0)--(5u,0); label.rt(btex $x$ etex, (5u,0)); label.bot(btex $25$ etex, (5u,0)); drawdblarrow (0,-5u)--(0,5u); label.top(btex $y$ etex, (0,5u)); label.lft(btex $5$ etex, (0,5u)); enddef; endinput; Now a run: $ pdflatex --shell-escape useemp.tex ... )This is MetaPost, Version 0.901 (Web2C 7.5.5) (useemp.mp (qdftools.mpnewer: target file `qdftools.mpx' doesn't exist. /usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/makempx: Command failed: latex mpxerr.tex; see mpxerr.log
qdftools.mp qdftools.mpx ! Unable to make mpx file. l.41 label.rt(btex $x$ etex, (5u,0)); Transcript written on useemp.log.
emp: File useemp.1 not found:
emp: Process useemp.mp with MetaPost and then reprocess this file.
[1{/Users/darnold/Library/texmf/fonts/map/pdftex/updmap/pdftex.map}]
(./useemp.aux) )
Output written on useemp.pdf (1 page, 7947 bytes).
Transcript written on useemp.log.
Now my directory:
qdf $ ls
OTqdbpreview.sty functions.qdf useemp.aux
dev.1 mpx509.dvi useemp.log
dev.mp mpxerr.log useemp.mp
dev.pdf mpxerr.tex useemp.pdf
dev.qdf qdftools.mp useemp.tex
dev.tex sample2.qdf
And mpxerr.log:
qdf $ cat mpxerr.log
This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.30.4-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.5)
(format=latex 2006.6.27) 28 JUN 2006 09:10
entering extended mode
**mpx509.tex
(./mpx509.tex
LaTeX2e <2003/12/01>
Babel
David Arnold wrote:
Taco,
Not sure what you mean here, so I ran:
latex useemp.tex
And got: <correct output>
And now I am lost as well. Nothing useful in the mpxerr.log, I assume?
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David Arnold wrote:
And mpxerr.log:
qdf $ cat mpxerr.log This is pdfeTeX, Version 3.141592-1.30.4-2.2 (Web2C 7.5.5) (format=latex 2006.6.27) 28 JUN 2006 09:10 entering extended mode **mpx509.tex (./mpx509.tex LaTeX2e <2003/12/01> Babel
and hyphenation patterns for american, french, german, ngerman, d utch, italian, norsk, portuges, spanish, swedish, nohyphenation, loaded. LaTeX Font Info: External font `cmex10' loaded for size (Font) <7> on input line 12. LaTeX Font Info: External font `cmex10' loaded for size (Font) <5> on input line 12. [1] [1] [1] [1] ! I can't find file `mpx509.aux'. \enddocument ...makeatletter \input \jobname .aux \fi \@dofilelist \ifdim \f...
Educated guess: the 'embedded' latex never gets to see \documentclass nor \begin{document}, and therefore it does not write an .aux file. (In case you are wondering: the \end{document} is only there because it is automatically added by makempx). Taco PS Turns out there was something useful in the mpxerr.log after all ;)
On Tue, 27 Jun 2006, David Arnold wrote:
Aditya,
I have faced this problem in the past, but was never sure why it occured or how to rectify it. Try the command
mpost --tex=latex useemp.mp
on your shell. Do you get the same error message as before (you should).
Yes, same error message.
qdf $ mpost --tex=latex useemp.mp This is MetaPost, Version 0.901 (Web2C 7.5.5) (useemp.mp (qdftools.mpnewer: target file `qdftools.mpx' doesn't exist. /usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/makempx: Command failed: latex mpxerr.tex; see mpxerr.log
qdftools.mp qdftools.mpx ! Unable to make mpx file. l.41 label.rt(btex $x$ etex, (5u,0)); Transcript written on useemp.log.
Now try,
makempx --tex=latex useemp.mp useemp.mpx
Does this create an mpx file?
qdf $ ls OTqdbpreview.sty dev.qdf sample2.qdf dev.1 dev.tex useemp.mp dev.mp functions.qdf useemp.pdf dev.pdf qdftools.mp useemp.tex qdf $
qdf $ makempx --tex=latex useemp.mp useemp.mpx newer: target file `useemp.mpx' doesn't exist. dvitomp: mpx14741.dvi: No such file or directory mv: rename mpx14741.dvi to mpxerr.dvi: No such file or directory /usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/makempx: Command failed: dvitomp mpxerr.dvi useemp.mpx
qdf $ ls OTqdbpreview.sty functions.qdf sample2.qdf dev.1 mpx14741.aux useemp.mp dev.mp mpx14741.log useemp.pdf dev.pdf mpx14741.tex useemp.tex dev.qdf mpxerr.log dev.tex qdftools.mp
Doesn't look like it.
If it does, then atleast a workaround for the problem is to have
\immediate\write18{makempx --tex=latex \jobname.mp \jobname.mpx} before \immediate\write18{mpost --tex=latex \jobname}.
If makempx fails, look at the output of
makempx --verbose --tex=latex useemp.mp useemp.mpx
What do you get?
qdf $ makempx --verbose --tex=latex useemp.mp useemp.mpx /usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/makempx: Invalid option: --verbose. Try `makempx --help' for more information.
qdf $ makempx --help Usage: /usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/makempx [- tex|-tex=<program>|-troff] MPFILE MPXFILE. If MPXFILE is older than MPFILE, translate the labels from the MetaPost input file MPFIle to low-level commands in MPXFILE, by running mpto -tex, , and dvitomp by default; or, if -troff is specified, mpto -troff, eqn -Tps -d\$\$ | troff -Tps, and dmp.
The current directory is used for writing temporary files. Errors are left in mpxerr.{tex,log,dvi}.
If the file named in $MPTEXPRE (mptexpre.tex by default) exists, it is prepended to the output in tex mode.
Hmm... the makempx that comes with miktex has --verbose, the one that comes with context standalone does not. So, you seem to have one from context. How about following makempx commands "by hand" that is, mpto useemp.mp This should strip out everything between btex ... etex into some tex commands. If this works, mpto useemp.mp > temp.tex Any non-existing filename instead of "temp" will do. Then do, latex temp.tex dvitomp temp.mp useemp.mpx and if all of these work without any error, do mpost useemp If possible, use Context to create the graphics, i.e. texexec --mptex useemp.mp to get mps files (.1, .2, etc) or texexec --mpgraphic useemp.mp pdf2ps useemp.pdf If however, you need to stick to latex for some reason, you need to figure out what is going wrong with your system. Aditya
Aditya, On Jun 28, 2006, at 7:08 AM, Aditya Mahajan wrote:
On Tue, 27 Jun 2006, David Arnold wrote:
Aditya,
I have faced this problem in the past, but was never sure why it occured or how to rectify it. Try the command
mpost --tex=latex useemp.mp
on your shell. Do you get the same error message as before (you should).
Yes, same error message.
qdf $ mpost --tex=latex useemp.mp This is MetaPost, Version 0.901 (Web2C 7.5.5) (useemp.mp (qdftools.mpnewer: target file `qdftools.mpx' doesn't exist. /usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/makempx: Command failed: latex mpxerr.tex; see mpxerr.log
qdftools.mp qdftools.mpx ! Unable to make mpx file. l.41 label.rt(btex $x$ etex, (5u,0)); Transcript written on useemp.log.
Now try,
makempx --tex=latex useemp.mp useemp.mpx
Does this create an mpx file?
qdf $ ls OTqdbpreview.sty dev.qdf sample2.qdf dev.1 dev.tex useemp.mp dev.mp functions.qdf useemp.pdf dev.pdf qdftools.mp useemp.tex qdf $
qdf $ makempx --tex=latex useemp.mp useemp.mpx newer: target file `useemp.mpx' doesn't exist. dvitomp: mpx14741.dvi: No such file or directory mv: rename mpx14741.dvi to mpxerr.dvi: No such file or directory /usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/makempx: Command failed: dvitomp mpxerr.dvi useemp.mpx
qdf $ ls OTqdbpreview.sty functions.qdf sample2.qdf dev.1 mpx14741.aux useemp.mp dev.mp mpx14741.log useemp.pdf dev.pdf mpx14741.tex useemp.tex dev.qdf mpxerr.log dev.tex qdftools.mp
Doesn't look like it.
If it does, then atleast a workaround for the problem is to have
\immediate\write18{makempx --tex=latex \jobname.mp \jobname.mpx} before \immediate\write18{mpost --tex=latex \jobname}.
If makempx fails, look at the output of
makempx --verbose --tex=latex useemp.mp useemp.mpx
What do you get?
qdf $ makempx --verbose --tex=latex useemp.mp useemp.mpx /usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/makempx: Invalid option: --verbose. Try `makempx --help' for more information.
qdf $ makempx --help Usage: /usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/makempx [- tex|-tex=<program>|-troff] MPFILE MPXFILE. If MPXFILE is older than MPFILE, translate the labels from the MetaPost input file MPFIle to low-level commands in MPXFILE, by running mpto -tex, , and dvitomp by default; or, if -troff is specified, mpto -troff, eqn -Tps -d\$\$ | troff -Tps, and dmp.
The current directory is used for writing temporary files. Errors are left in mpxerr.{tex,log,dvi}.
If the file named in $MPTEXPRE (mptexpre.tex by default) exists, it is prepended to the output in tex mode.
Hmm... the makempx that comes with miktex has --verbose, the one that comes with context standalone does not. So, you seem to have one from context.
How about following makempx commands "by hand" that is,
mpto useemp.mp
This should strip out everything between btex ... etex into some tex commands. If this works,
mpto useemp.mp > temp.tex
Any non-existing filename instead of "temp" will do. Then do,
latex temp.tex
dvitomp temp.mp useemp.mpx
and if all of these work without any error, do
mpost useemp
If possible, use Context to create the graphics, i.e.
texexec --mptex useemp.mp
to get mps files (.1, .2, etc) or
texexec --mpgraphic useemp.mp pdf2ps useemp.pdf
If however, you need to stick to latex for some reason, you need to figure out what is going wrong with your system.
Sorry, none of this works. I think you need to see what useemp.mp looks like. qdf $ cat useemp.mp %%% useemp.mp -- do not edit, generated automatically by useemp.tex verbatimtex \documentclass [10pt]{article} \begin {document} etex; input qdftools; beginfig(1); LaTeX_unitlength := 28.45274pt; w := 4*LaTeX_unitlength; h := 4*LaTeX_unitlength; numeric u; 10u=3in; gridfivefive; xyaxesfivefive; endfig; verbatimtex \end{document} etex; %%% the end. end. endinput; See, there aren't any btex ... etex commands in there. But see the input qdftools? That file looks like this: qdf $ cat qdftools.mp numeric s; s=0.2; color gridlines; gridlines:=(s,s,s); def openbluedot(expr pos)= fill fullcircle scaled 4pt withcolor white; draw fullcircle scaed 4pt withcolor blue; enddef; def openreddot(expr pos)= fill fullcircle scaled 4pt withcolor white; draw fullcircle scaed 4pt withcolor red; enddef; def filledreddot(expr pos)= fill fullcircle scaled 4pt withcolor red; draw fullcircle scaed 4pt withcolor red; enddef; def filledbluedot(expr pos)= fill fullcircle scaled 4pt withcolor blue; draw fullcircle scaed 4pt withcolor blue; enddef; def vtick(expr pos)= draw ((0,-3)--(0,3)) shifted pos; enddef; def htick(expr pos)= draw ((-3,0)--(3,0)) shifted pos; enddef; def gridfivefive = for k=-5u step 1u until 5u: draw (-5u,k)--(5u,k) withcolor gridlines; draw (k,-5u)--(k,5u) withcolor gridlines; endfor; enddef; def xyaxesfivefive= drawdblarrow (-5u,0)--(5u,0); label.rt(btex $x$ etex, (5u,0)); label.bot(btex $25$ etex, (5u,0)); drawdblarrow (0,-5u)--(0,5u); label.top(btex $y$ etex, (0,5u)); label.lft(btex $5$ etex, (0,5u)); enddef; endinput; And that causes the problem. pdflatex --shell-escape useemp.tex ... (useemp.mp (qdftools.mpnewer: target file `qdftools.mpx' doesn't exist. /usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/makempx: Command failed: latex mpxerr.tex; see mpxerr.log
qdftools.mp qdftools.mpx ! Unable to make mpx file. l.41 label.rt(btex $x$ etex, (5u,0)); Transcript written on useemp.log.
emp: File useemp.1 not found: emp: Process useemp.mp with MetaPost and then reprocess this file. [1{/Users/darnold/Library/texmf/fonts/map/pdftex/updmap/pdftex.map}] (./useemp.aux) ) Output written on useemp.pdf (1 page, 7944 bytes). Transcript written on useemp.log. Now, the strange thing is that everything works if I change mpost - tex=latex \jobname to mpost \jobname in useemp.tex.
On Wed, 28 Jun 2006, David Arnold wrote:
Aditya,
On Jun 28, 2006, at 7:08 AM, Aditya Mahajan wrote:
On Tue, 27 Jun 2006, David Arnold wrote:
Aditya,
I have faced this problem in the past, but was never sure why it occured or how to rectify it. Try the command
mpost --tex=latex useemp.mp
on your shell. Do you get the same error message as before (you should).
Yes, same error message.
qdf $ mpost --tex=latex useemp.mp This is MetaPost, Version 0.901 (Web2C 7.5.5) (useemp.mp (qdftools.mpnewer: target file `qdftools.mpx' doesn't exist. /usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/makempx: Command failed: latex mpxerr.tex; see mpxerr.log
qdftools.mp qdftools.mpx ! Unable to make mpx file. l.41 label.rt(btex $x$ etex, (5u,0)); Transcript written on useemp.log.
Now try,
makempx --tex=latex useemp.mp useemp.mpx
Does this create an mpx file?
qdf $ ls OTqdbpreview.sty dev.qdf sample2.qdf dev.1 dev.tex useemp.mp dev.mp functions.qdf useemp.pdf dev.pdf qdftools.mp useemp.tex qdf $
qdf $ makempx --tex=latex useemp.mp useemp.mpx newer: target file `useemp.mpx' doesn't exist. dvitomp: mpx14741.dvi: No such file or directory mv: rename mpx14741.dvi to mpxerr.dvi: No such file or directory /usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/makempx: Command failed: dvitomp mpxerr.dvi useemp.mpx
qdf $ ls OTqdbpreview.sty functions.qdf sample2.qdf dev.1 mpx14741.aux useemp.mp dev.mp mpx14741.log useemp.pdf dev.pdf mpx14741.tex useemp.tex dev.qdf mpxerr.log dev.tex qdftools.mp
Doesn't look like it.
If it does, then atleast a workaround for the problem is to have
\immediate\write18{makempx --tex=latex \jobname.mp \jobname.mpx} before \immediate\write18{mpost --tex=latex \jobname}.
If makempx fails, look at the output of
makempx --verbose --tex=latex useemp.mp useemp.mpx
What do you get?
qdf $ makempx --verbose --tex=latex useemp.mp useemp.mpx /usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/makempx: Invalid option: --verbose. Try `makempx --help' for more information.
qdf $ makempx --help Usage: /usr/local/teTeX/bin/powerpc-apple-darwin-current/makempx [- tex|-tex=<program>|-troff] MPFILE MPXFILE. If MPXFILE is older than MPFILE, translate the labels from the MetaPost input file MPFIle to low-level commands in MPXFILE, by running mpto -tex, , and dvitomp by default; or, if -troff is specified, mpto -troff, eqn -Tps -d\$\$ | troff -Tps, and dmp.
The current directory is used for writing temporary files. Errors are left in mpxerr.{tex,log,dvi}.
If the file named in $MPTEXPRE (mptexpre.tex by default) exists, it is prepended to the output in tex mode.
Hmm... the makempx that comes with miktex has --verbose, the one that comes with context standalone does not. So, you seem to have one from context.
How about following makempx commands "by hand" that is,
mpto useemp.mp
This should strip out everything between btex ... etex into some tex commands. If this works,
mpto useemp.mp > temp.tex
Any non-existing filename instead of "temp" will do. Then do,
latex temp.tex
dvitomp temp.mp useemp.mpx
and if all of these work without any error, do
mpost useemp
If possible, use Context to create the graphics, i.e.
texexec --mptex useemp.mp
to get mps files (.1, .2, etc) or
texexec --mpgraphic useemp.mp pdf2ps useemp.pdf
If however, you need to stick to latex for some reason, you need to figure out what is going wrong with your system.
Sorry, none of this works. I think you need to see what useemp.mp looks like.
qdf $ cat useemp.mp %%% useemp.mp -- do not edit, generated automatically by useemp.tex verbatimtex \documentclass [10pt]{article} \begin {document} etex; input qdftools; beginfig(1); LaTeX_unitlength := 28.45274pt; w := 4*LaTeX_unitlength; h := 4*LaTeX_unitlength; numeric u; 10u=3in; gridfivefive; xyaxesfivefive; endfig; verbatimtex \end{document} etex; %%% the end. end. endinput;
See, there aren't any btex ... etex commands in there. But see the input qdftools? That file looks like this:
qdf $ cat qdftools.mp numeric s; s=0.2; color gridlines; gridlines:=(s,s,s);
def openbluedot(expr pos)= fill fullcircle scaled 4pt withcolor white; draw fullcircle scaed 4pt withcolor blue; enddef;
def openreddot(expr pos)= fill fullcircle scaled 4pt withcolor white; draw fullcircle scaed 4pt withcolor red; enddef;
def filledreddot(expr pos)= fill fullcircle scaled 4pt withcolor red; draw fullcircle scaed 4pt withcolor red; enddef;
def filledbluedot(expr pos)= fill fullcircle scaled 4pt withcolor blue; draw fullcircle scaed 4pt withcolor blue; enddef;
def vtick(expr pos)= draw ((0,-3)--(0,3)) shifted pos; enddef;
def htick(expr pos)= draw ((-3,0)--(3,0)) shifted pos; enddef;
def gridfivefive = for k=-5u step 1u until 5u: draw (-5u,k)--(5u,k) withcolor gridlines; draw (k,-5u)--(k,5u) withcolor gridlines; endfor; enddef;
def xyaxesfivefive= drawdblarrow (-5u,0)--(5u,0); label.rt(btex $x$ etex, (5u,0)); label.bot(btex $25$ etex, (5u,0)); drawdblarrow (0,-5u)--(0,5u); label.top(btex $y$ etex, (0,5u)); label.lft(btex $5$ etex, (0,5u)); enddef;
endinput;
And that causes the problem.
Ah. If I understand correctly, adding verbatimtex \documentclass [10pt]{article} \begin {document} etex; in top of qdftools.mp should do the trick. Aditya
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